Talent Partner

About the role

You own the pipeline that builds Augustus. Every engineer, operator and leader who joins this company passes through your hands first. Recruiting here is a precision game. You calibrate with hiring managers until you can predict how a debrief will go, and you read profiles for the signals that matter: what someone actually owned, the stage they thrived in, whether they choose hard things. Every message goes to someone you'd bet on hiring. Then you close the best of them. You source everywhere top talent lives - LinkedIn, GitHub, referrals, niche communities - and you go deep before you reach out. Your first message shows you understand who they are and why Augustus is their move. You follow up with discipline and urgency, handle objections, and get the hire across the line.

Responsibilities

• Take over live searches on day one.
• Build your sourcing engine across channels and ensure your first candidates are moving through the funnel within the first weeks.
• Execute full execution mode, full execution mode, full execution mode.
• Build sourcing playbooks, tooling, and automation that make every future search faster.
• Hire against competing offers and remove blockers yourself.
• Move from executing searches to building the system.

Requirements

• Exceptional English. German is a plus.
• A track record of sourcing and closing top talent yourself, not just managing a process.
• Based in New York or willing to relocate - this is an in-person role.

Qualifications

• Relentless: You can't leave something broken. You don't stop because it got hard or because no one is watching.
• Set the bar: You're harder on yourself than anyone else would be. You don't need external accountability to care about quality.
• Shape the Game: You don't wait for a playbook and you don't need one. You walk into genuinely new territory and figure it out. You move before anyone asked you to.
• Systems first: You don't solve problems by adding people or effort. You build systems that make the problem smaller. Your first instinct is to automate, not to handle it manually.

Skills

• You're obsessed with top talent.
• You know how to identify elite engineers and operators, build a relationship quickly, and close them.
• You're competitive, self-driven, and energized by ambitious goals.
• You move fast and expect the same from others.
• You adapt to win the hire. Top candidates don't operate on a 9-5 schedule.

Benefits

• Career Growth: You will be given more responsibility and pushed to grow faster than ever before.
• Network: Your peers are brilliant, highly motivated people. These people will be foundational in your future opportunities.
• Real Participation: Employees are shareholders. You will think and act like an owner.
• Perks & Benefits: Relocation support, visa support, the latest Apple gear (MacBook + AirPods), lunch benefit, gym benefit, a beautiful office in the heart of the city, 4x on-/offsites per year, and an annual development budget.
• Health & Insurance: Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans. 401(k) retirement plans.

Pay

The annual US base salary range for this role is $150,000-$180,000 + equity.